# 117-hr-8531: Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2022

117-hr-8531, Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2022, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-8531
- Congress: 117
- Title: Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2022
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
- Introduced: 2022-07-27
- Sponsor: Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4] (D-GA)
- Cosponsors: 10
- Policy area: Law
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Restoring Artistic Protection Act of 2022 This bill limits the admissibility of evidence of a defendant's creative or artistic expression against the defendant in a federal criminal case. The term creative or artistic expression means the expression or application of creativity or imagination in the production or arrangement of forms, sounds, words, movements, or symbols, including music, dance, performance art, visual art, poetry, literature, film, and other such objects or media.

## Cosponsors (10)

- Rep. Bowman, Jamaal [D-NY-16] (D-NY), 2022-07-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2022-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7] (D-WA), 2022-08-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2022-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bush, Cori [D-MO-1] (D-MO), 2022-09-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18] (D-TX), 2022-10-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10] (D-NJ), 2022-10-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Jeffries, Hakeem S. [D-NY-8] (D-NY), 2022-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA), 2022-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 117-hr-2471: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022
- 117-hr-6860: Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2022
- 117-hr-6015: Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act
- 117-hr-5723: Social Security 2100: A Sacred Trust
- 117-hr-5577: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 Crown Road Southwest in Atlanta, Georgia, as the "John R. Lewis Post Office Build…
- 117-hr-5165: Improving Medicare Coverage Act

## Sources
- [117-hr-8531 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8531)

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- [117-hr-6860: Latonya Reeves Freedom Act of 2022](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-6860)
- [117-hr-6015: Benjamin Berell Ferencz Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-6015)
- [117-hr-5723: Social Security 2100: A Sacred Trust](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5723)
- [117-hr-5577: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 C…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5577)
- [117-hr-5165: Improving Medicare Coverage Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5165)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-8531 (as of 2025-11-18).